Chapter 1742: Chapter 1742 Spirit Crystals
Lei Ming charged forward, her body enveloped in Devil Qi, then leaped into the air, wielding her hammer.
As her opponent tried to mobilize his genuine energy, he felt his body invaded by a chilling force, forcing him to immediately use his genuine energy to dispel it.
Meanwhile, Lei Ming’s hammer, shining with electricity, condensed all her strength and came crashing down.
The martial practitioner attempted to deflect Lei Ming with his spear.
He assumed that being both at the late First Tier, there wouldn’t be a significant difference in their abilities.
However, Lei Ming’s genuine energy was far more condensed than her opponent’s, and her weapon was of a much higher grade.
With a loud bang, not only was the martial practitioner’s spear shattered, but his head was also directly smashed open, his entire body cracked by Lei Ming’s hammer.
Lei Ming then beckoned, absorbing the martial practitioner’s virtuoso, intending to give it to Dragon Lady for cultivation.
Man Shu had not yet reached her opponent when he began to struggle against the Power of Ice.
By the time she reached him, he was already frozen solid. With a single palm, Man Shu smashed him into ice shards, then absorbed his virtuoso.
As for the Dragon Lady, she had an even easier time.
Her opponent was a martial practitioner in the early First Tier.
He attempted to strike first with a punch to her face.
Dragon Lady’s fingers turned into claws, lightning-fast, grabbing his arm and crushing it with a twist.
"Ah!" The martial practitioner cried out in pain. Dragon Lady then grabbed his other arm with her free hand, lifted her foot, stepped on his body, and with a strong pull, tore off both of his arms.
Following this, she clawed into his head, smashing it to pieces. With another claw, she tore out his virtuoso.
Lei Ming took the opportunity to devour the martial practitioner’s Divine Soul as well.
The two ordinary martial practitioners had long lost their courage. Just as they were about to kneel and beg for mercy, Ye Tiandao swept in with his sword, cleaving them in half.
Their realms were too low, and Ye Tiandao didn’t even bother taking their virtuosos, simply sheathing his sword and withdrawing.
The audience gasped in shock.
These women were too ruthless, even more ferocious than men.
Even Yuan Tianyu, though prepared, turned her head away temporarily, unable to bear watching.
All the other martial practitioner teams began to take notice of Ye Liuyun’s squad.
They had previously thought it strange that Ye Liuyun’s team consisted of four women and a beast, but now they realized that these women were no pushovers and were even more ruthless than men when it came to fighting.
Moreover, Ye Liuyun’s team still had him and the Black Panther who hadn’t taken an action!
Their team equated to six combatants, far stronger than other teams.
"Hmph! Fancy moves!" A martial practitioner in the early Second Tier snorted disdainfully, not paying much attention to their strength.
There was usually an insurmountable gap between the Second and First Tiers.
He felt that Ye Liuyun and the others were not his match.
The bearded inspector, however, watched with keen interest.
"This team is good and very united!"
He noticed that after the match, Man Shu and Lei Ming both gave their virtuosos to Dragon Lady. It was evident that these people were all following Ye Liuyun’s lead.
"I should increase the difficulty for them to see their true strength!" The bearded inspector pondered, looking at the early Second Tier martial practitioner who had just snorted.
When the audience outside reacted, they immediately began to cheer for them.
They never expected that several women would provide the most exciting fights!
Yuan Tianyu’s companions, including Bai Muyu, also praised them. "I didn’t expect these women to be so fierce!"
"What? Are you looking down on us women?" Yuan Tianyu also jokingly questioned them.
"No, no!" Several young men who were pursuing Yuan Tianyu didn’t dare to speak ill of her.
But Yuan Tianyu also knew her own strength and sighed, "If only I had their strength!"
Bai Muyu advised, "How can you compare yourself to them? They are just some lower-class people. No matter how strong they are, in front of major forces, they are nothing!"
Yuan Tianyu wanted to retort, but Yuan Songping reminded her via voice transmission not to reveal Ye Liuyun and the others’ secrets. So she decided to keep her mouth shut and not say anything more.
Soon, a day of fighting ended, and three days later, there would be another round of matches. During these three days, the injured martial practitioners would have time to recover.
Most of the participating martial practitioners had been eliminated, with some teams left with only one member.
Ye Liuyun and the others returned to their residence to continue their cultivation.
The next morning, after the team of less than five people was reorganized into an empty team by the city lord’s mansion, the inspector from Prince Liang’s Mansion prepared to begin their training.
"I am Pei Yong, sent by Prince Liang. Let me first explain to you the selection process and the situation in the foreign race battlefield..."
Ye Liuyun and the others listened, but for them, there was nothing particularly new.
After Pei Yong finished speaking, he began to talk about martial arts cultivation. Ye Liuyun and the others listened attentively.
"The ultimate goal of cultivation is to cultivate the state of mind," Pei Yong said. "Those mighty experts, which one of them did not win by relying on their state of mind? Think about it, when you reach the later stages of the Immortal Realm, can you still compete with others in the realm? How much energy do you have to absorb?"
Ye Liuyun thought about it and asked respectfully, "Inspector, what are the ways to cultivate the state of mind?"
Pei Yong nodded to Ye Liuyun and continued to explain to everyone, "Cultivating the state of mind usually involves reaching a certain level of self-cultivation, then using elixirs and Spirit Crystals to comprehend the true essence of the state of mind!"
"Sprirt Crystals?" Ye Liuyun had never heard of such a thing before.
Pei Yong, seeing that he didn’t know, explained, "Spirit Crystals are also a special kind of crystal that contains a certain special state of mind. They are usually formed from the essence of a state of mind left behind by some senior experts when they cultivated or died!"
At this point, some martial practitioners who knew about Spirit Crystals started to mutter quietly, "That thing is so expensive, people like us will never see it in our lifetime!"
Pei Yong then yelled out loud, "Shut up!" Everyone was startled.
"You bunch of useless people! Resources are something you have to fight for yourselves! If you don’t even have a goal, what are you cultivating for!"
But he continued, "Let me tell you, the strongest team among you this time will receive a reward of a Spirit Crystal each when you arrive at Prince Liang’s Mansion!"
"What?" Some martial practitioners below exclaimed.
"Awarding a Spirit Crystal?" Some of the practitioners found it unbelievable.
Pei Yong waved his hand to silence everyone’s discussion. He then said, "That’s right, a Spirit Crystal! But it’s only rewarded to the strongest team among you. One each!"
"Let’s give it all we’ve got!" Some of the practitioners immediately cried out.
